Chief FOIA Officers Council Technology Committee Working Group Charters Now Available

Dep’t of Justice, Office of Info. Pol’y, FOIA Post (Feb. 17, 2021), https://www.justice.gov/oip/blog/chief-foia-officers-council-technology-committee-working-group-charters-now-available

The Chief FOIA Officers (CFO) Council Technology Committee, established to study the use of technology in FOIA programs across agencies and identify best practices and recommendations, has finalized the charters for its working groups.  The Technology Committee consists of approximately 40 members from 25 agencies.  In 2020, the Technology Committee established seven interagency working groups comprised of Committee members covering the following topics:

• Artificial Intelligence

• Video Review and Redaction

• FOIAXpress

• FOIAonline

• FOIA and Classified Information

• 508 Compliance and Collaborative Tools

• FOIA Search

Each working group developed a charter to describe its objectives and proposed deliverables.  Target milestones in each charter are subject to change.  These charters are now available on OIP's CFO Council page.  Stay tuned to FOIA Post for future updates on the work of the CFO Council and the Technology Committee.